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Repo Roundtable gives agents opportunity to educate lenders
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, 05:44 PM
In another session during Used Car Week 2025 that filled a room to near capacity, the Repo Roundtable is now available through this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Led by Lauren Kimbrell of Advanced Collateral Recovery, five other repossession ... Listen Here
4 experts on dealer M&A, retail buy-sell landscape
Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, 05:32 PM
Dealership acquisitions and ownership changes seem to surface multiple times per week nowadays. How those deals come to fruition was the focus of a Used Car Week 2025 panel discussion led by Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby. Sharing their insights ... Listen Here
3 lender executives on affordability & more in auto finance
Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, 05:09 PM
Used Car Week 2025 featured a panel focused on the state of auto finance. Led by Jennifer Martin of the NAF Association, Christopher Mitcham of Santander Consumer USA, Mary Leigh Phillips of Bridgecrest Acceptance and Amy Brooks of Chase Auto ... Listen Here

GSFSGroup to fuel F&I component of NIADA CPO program

NIADA certified for web
Tuesday, Sep. 29, 2020, 02:10 PM
BHPH Report Staff
A new service provider now is involved with an established program for independent dealerships to retail certified vehicles just like their franchised store competition. According to a news release distributed on Tuesday, GSFSGroup has partnered with the National Independent Automobile ... [Read More]

EFG reinforces reinsurance program that could save dealers $100K annually

John and EFG for web
Thursday, Sep. 24, 2020, 03:12 PM
BHPH Report Staff
EFG Companies is fully aware that operators likely are tracking every penny that flows through their businesses nowadays. As a result, this week the company bolstered its formal fraud detection program for dealers, creating significant roadblocks against fraud and theft ... [Read More]

Ignite bringing together 4 providers for event with $2,500 in attendee prizes

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Thursday, Sep. 24, 2020, 03:07 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Because 2020 has been a trying time for so many operators, Ignite Consulting Partners is offering buy-here, pay-here dealerships and finance companies that specialize in subprime paper the chance to get something valuable that’s tangible, both intellectually and financially. The ... [Read More]

Tricolor places $167M bond offering as part of 6th securitization

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Thursday, Sep. 24, 2020, 03:04 PM
BHPH Report Staff
This week, Tricolor went back to the investment world, announcing the sixth securitization in company history. The Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and the used-car retailer focusing on the sale and financing of vehicles to Hispanics said their action included the ... [Read More]

Agora Data & Westlake collaborate on ‘pioneering’ platform for BHPH dealers

auto financing
Tuesday, Sep. 22, 2020, 02:54 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Imagine as a buy-here, pay-here operator, you had access to some of the same financial and technological horsepower franchised dealerships have with their relationships to automakers and captives. That’s pretty much what Agora Data and Westlake Portfolio Management (WPM), a ... [Read More]

Former NIADA president and finance manager plead guilty in fraud case

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Tuesday, Sep. 22, 2020, 02:51 PM
BHPH Report Staff
A former president of the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association and one of his store managers recently pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of fraud conspiracy, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Scott Brady. The Justice Department ... [Read More]

Agora Data welcomes Hardy as VP of portfolio solutions

new hire
Wednesday, Sep. 16, 2020, 02:45 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Agora Data reinforced its personnel going into next week’s National Independent Automobile Dealers Association 2020 Virtual Conference & Expo. On Tuesday, the finance-solution provider of predictive loan technology for buy-here, pay-here dealers announced that auto industry expert Chantelle Hardy has ... [Read More]

PassTime details 4 enhancements of Encore 2

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Tuesday, Sep. 15, 2020, 02:34 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Knowing precisely the status of your collateral likely is even more important in a world impacted by COVID-19. On Tuesday, PassTime announced the launch of the Encore 2, the next generation of Encore, its battery-powered GPS device that hit the ... [Read More]

Enoch Enterprises grows Byrider footprint in Texas

Byrider Killeen for web
Tuesday, Sep. 15, 2020, 02:31 PM
BHPH Report Staff
One of Byrider’s award-winning, buy-here, pay-here dealership franchisees recently set up a new retail location near one of the largest military installations in the United States. Byrider franchise group, Enoch Enterprises, just opened a new location in Killeen, Texas. The ... [Read More]

ABI: Federal moves keep August bankruptcies from ‘overwhelming the court system’

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Thursday, Sep. 10, 2020, 02:07 PM
BHPH Report Staff
August consumer bankruptcy filings decreased both year-over-year and month-over-month. The head of the American Bankruptcy Institute explained why that movement happened. Before getting into the reasoning from executive director Amy Quackenboss, ABI shared data this week provided by Epiq Systems ... [Read More]
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